Grow Fresh Herbs and Veggies In Any Sunny Spot

For easy mobility, add a set of optional casters, or elevate onto the Trolly, sold separately

With just a few square feet in a sunny spot and a few minutes a week, you can be growing your own fresh and flavorful salads, sweet or hot peppers, edible flowers,
herbs or an abundance of colorful flowers. Our most versatile, self-watering planter features a big four-gallon water reservoir and a patented wicking system, a combination that outperforms garden-grown plants 2 to 1.

Theboxes themselves are fine and work well, but the boxes they came in were not heavy enough to keep the damage caused by shipped to be stopped. There were corners broken out and chipped plastic on almost all of the boxes I ordered. I needed them right away so a m using them despite the damages, but wanted you to know that you need to do a better job on the packaging!

First of all, Gardeners Supply has staff that are a delight to speak with. They are patient, answer all questions offering suggestions when appropriate.The self water planters are a dream for a starting gardener. I live with a balcony that has sun all day, lots of ocean breezes and a ton of air pollution. I added wheels to ease the moving of my three planters because as the plants grow I may need to rearrange them. One of the three is the tomato kit. It's ideal because it comes with all one needs. I could go on and on but you get the picture. I highly recommend the self watering planter because I know my plants are getting the moisture they need. Last, for a small garden the size of these planters is ideal.

I had the older style with a top filler, but eventually the internal grid broke making it useless (after several years). I bought 2 of these as a replacement. Both broke out the bottom after just one season, one from being blown off the deck in 60 mph wind gusts, and the other around the wheels (weight maybe? It did have a rather full load of tomatoes at the time). The plastic it is made of is not flexible enough, and the side fill makes it harder the tell when watering is needed.

Bottom LineNo, I would not recommend this to a friend

Merchant response: Thank you for taking the time to write a review of one of our products. We always enjoy hearing from customers. The valuable feedback you provide helps us become a better company. I have forwarded your comments to our merchants, so that you know you've been heard. I'm sorry to hear that you were disappointed with your Self-Watering Patio Planters (#40-261)! We do offer a 100% guarantee of all of our products, so please call us at 1-800-876-5520 and we'd be happy to assist you in resolving this issue to your satisfaction.

This has become my "go to" gardner gift - we have three that were part of tomato growing kits and we only grow our tomatoes in these now - they are easy to use and produce a better prodcut than planting the tomatoes in the garden. We orginally thought they needed protection, but for the past three years have used them outside in full sun - they work very well. I gave one to my sister and two to my son - they are very pleased as well.

We like self watering planters very much because we are not always at home to keep plants well watered. We have found two excellent uses for these rectangular planters. Our son rents a condo and has placed several on his patio so he can enjoy growing flowers and smaller vegetables. Although we have a yard we use them for tomatoes because they do very well in the planters.

I use two of these to grow 4 tomatoes. Although instruction said bush-type or patio type tomatoes do best in these, I've been growing all indeterminate garden-type tomatoes--Early Girl, Stupice, Super Fantastic, Better Boy, etc. I do have to use the 3rd tier of the cage, but they all do well. My original one, perhaps 10-15 yrs old, (that doesn't have the lip on edge you can hook the cage stabilizers on) had its bottom corner chewed through by a squirrel this spring. Not sure if it can be repaired without fear of it breaking through, I decided to purchase a new one. I love it, and I love it that you now offer it in variety of colors. However, I don't quite like having the fill hole located on the side, not on the end. As I put my two planters side-by-side (long sides together), it rather limits where I can put them so I can have access to both fill holes. Other than that, I expect it to perform just as well as my old one. As for my old one, my neighbor decided to try and mend it, since I "always have fabulous tomatoes". We'll see if it holds; he has purchased the self-watering planter mix from your catalog, as well as the fertilizer, and we're both eager to see how HIS tomatoes turn out.

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